p.3 #1 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
Gosh, you have both the 100 and the 200 sitting in your 70-200 f4. I assume it's suitably sharp. Maybe if you could find a better way to carry it you'd like it better.
p.3 #2 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
To answer a question you haven't asked with another question: Have you thought about the Sigma DP2M Merril with an equivalent focal length of 45mm? The IQ and detail is astonishing.
p.3 #3 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
RRRoger wrote:
My V1 and CX lens very small and light weight for hiking.
The images are very good and I like the huge DOF.
But when the very best images are what I am after, it is the D800 and Heavy Pro Glass with a TriPod.
Or the 28-300 Hand Held, which is nearly as good.
I also just got the SuperLight (and surprisingly good) AF-S 50 f/1.8G.
It might be very good for hiking at the Pinnacles, especially in the caves.
Yes the 50/1.8G is one of my lightweight go-to primes that I always take along with my D800.
Last weekend I took my 16/3.5 AI, 50/1.8G, and 100/2.8 Series E.
Thanks - I just bought a mint- condition 135/2.8 AIS with a serial number starting at 969XXX, so I am assuming it has the most recent coatings since the serial numbers start at 900001 and end at 975102 from 1981 to 2005. It's not too far from yours in its age.
I'll let you know when it comes in.
So far in the ~100mm-ish range have a 90/3.5 CV, 100/2.8 Series E, 105/2.5 AIS, 135/2.8AIS, 70-200/4 AFS, and 70-200/2.8 AFS VRII. We'll see who does well at distance at f/4 and f/5.6. I may also grab a 135/3.5 AI or AIS if I can pick a good condition one up cheaply enough.
p.3 #15 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
DaveOls wrote:
The crop of the eyelid would have been much better at a lower ISO. It's a little grainy.
Did you happen to look at the shutter speed I was at and I am already wide open?
Not much you can do when there is not a lot of light.
I need to be at least at 1/2xFL for sharp hand held images and up close it needs to be even faster than that, so there was not much I could do short of using a flash.
p.3 #17 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
georgms wrote:
John, lovely corrosion-shot and beautiful portrait - or vice versa ;-) Thanks for sharing your impressions about the CV90. Which version did you get?
p.3 #19 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
I would second the idea of going medium-format alt - a manual-focus Mamiya 150mm 2.8 neatly splits the difference in focal length, is incredibly light and compact (with a neat built-in hood), and is an exceptional lens. Cheap, too!
p.3 #20 · ~100mm & ~200mm Lightweight Prime Options
Resurrecting this thread a bit.
I now have had a chance to do a comparison between my 105/2.5 AIS, 100/2 MP ZF2 (from LensRentals), and my 90/3.5 CV on my D800. I only had time for a quick test today which focused on sharpness at infinity.
Very impressed with the 100/2 MP.
Very impressed with the 90/3.5 CV
My trusty 105/2.5 AIS is showing it's age
At all apertures the 105/2.5 was last - primarily due to corner/edge lack of sharpness as well as overall lower contrast. 36MP is past it's capabilities.
At equivalent apertures the 100MP and 90CV were tied with maybe the 90CV doing a fraction of a hair better - maybe.
Both of these lenses - 100MP and 90CV - were outstanding across the frame (center to extreme corner) at all apertures - i.e., there was only a very small improvement stopping down to f/5.6 or f/8. No fear at all of shooting the 90CV wide open.
What was even more impressive is that the 100MP was also extremely good wide open with only a very slight trace of reduction in sharpness compared to f/5.6 - even the extreme corners were very sharp at f/2.
Now the question is - Is fantastic across the frame even at f/2 worth the price for the Zeiss? This would be a low light landscape and portraiture lens.
The 100MP ZF2 violates my lightweight goal, but the 90CV does not and is likely to replace my 105/2.5 AIS for my hiking/backpacking 100mm-ish prime.
Now I need to figure out what to sell to get the Zeiss . . .
